Proverbs 6:9
American Standard Version
9 How long wilt thou [a]sleep, O sluggard?
When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 6:9 Hebrew lie down.
Proverbs 6:9
Lexham English Bible
9 How long will you lie down, lazy?
When will you rise up from your sleep?
Proverbs 10:26
American Standard Version
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,
So is the sluggard to them that send him.
Proverbs 10:26
Lexham English Bible
26 Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes,
thus is the lazy to one who employs[a] him.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 10:26 Or “sends”
Proverbs 15:19
American Standard Version
19 The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns;
But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Proverbs 15:19
Lexham English Bible
19 The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns,[a]
but the path of the upright is a highway.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 15:19 Hebrew “thorn”
Proverbs 19:24
American Standard Version
24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 19:24
Lexham English Bible
24 A lazy person buries his hand in the dish,
and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
Proverbs 20:4
American Standard Version
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
[a]Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 20:4 Or, Therefore when he seeketh in harvest, there shall be nothing
Proverbs 20:4
Lexham English Bible
4 The lazy person will not plow in season;
he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.
Proverbs 21:25-26
American Standard Version
25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him;
For his hands refuse to labor.
26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long;
But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
Proverbs 21:25-26
Lexham English Bible
25 The craving of a lazy person will kill him,
for his hands refuse to work.[a]
26 All day[b] he craves a craving,
but the righteous will give and not hold back.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:25 Or “make”
- Proverbs 21:26 Literally “All the day”
Proverbs 22:13
American Standard Version
13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;
I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 22:13
Lexham English Bible
13 A lazy person says “A lion in the street!
In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”
Proverbs 24:30-34
American Standard Version
30 I went by the field of the sluggard,
And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
The face thereof was covered with [a]nettles,
And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I beheld, and considered well;
I saw, and received instruction:
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep;
34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber,
And thy want as an armed man.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 24:31 Or, wild vetches
Proverbs 24:30-34
Lexham English Bible
30 I passed by the field of a lazy person,
and over the vineyard of a person lacking sense;[a]
31 and behold, it was overgrown—all of it was covered with thorns, its surface with nettles,
and its stone wall[b] was broken down.
32 Then I myself saw and my heart[c] considered;
I looked, and I took hold of instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands for rest,
34 and your poverty will come running,
and your lack like an armed warrior.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 24:30 Literally “heart”
- Proverbs 24:31 Literally “a wall of his/its stones”
- Proverbs 24:32 Or “mind”
Proverbs 26:13-16
American Standard Version
13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way;
A lion is in the streets.
14 As the door turneth upon its hinges,
So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish;
It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in [a]his own conceit
Than seven men that can [b]render a reason.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 26:16 Hebrew his own eyes.
- Proverbs 26:16 Or, answer discreetly
Proverbs 26:13-16
Lexham English Bible
13 A lazy person says “A lion is in the road!
A lion among the streets!”
14 The door turns on its hinge,
and a lazy person on his bed.
15 A lazy person buries his hands in the dish;
he is too tired to return it to his mouth.
16 A lazy person is wiser in his eyes
than seven who answer discreetly.
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